I’m afraid to say that the saddle on my Fujiyama, essentially a piece of plastic covered in foam, has worn out its welcome. More specifically, it’s worn out my bottom. I’d love to put a Brooks B-17 on it, but there’s a catch. I’ll need to switch the seatpost as well and I don’t have a micrometer to measure the size. In fact, I’m not even sure I know how to measure it…
Sheldon Brown, RIP, has a bit to say on the subject of seatposts and saddles on his website. It looks like I’d need to measure it using something like this:
His database of sizes won’t be being kept up any longer but he does say this:
(The size is usually stamped on the bottom of the seat post.)
I’m really tempted to go check now, but I don’t think I have the right wrench with me. I generally have only been carrying a 15mm in case of a flat and a 10mm to work on my brakes a bit.
I need a new post to accommodate the rails on the B-17 instead of the older clamp arrangement my current post has. If I could get a new post I’d seriously consider putting on the B-17 I already have on the bike and … hmmm … no, it needs to come to Vegas.
In any case, I’m thinking of getting the British Racing Green version and putting that on my NWT and moving the black B-17 already on it to my Fujiyama.
Of course all of this requires money I don’t currently have. Sigh.
Maybe I’ll get lucky in Vegas and….nah….
Aloha!